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Imran announces to file cases against Nawaz, Fazl, Rana and IG Islamabad

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman and former Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said that his party is going to file cases against PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif, JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman, Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah, IG Islamabad and female judge.


Saudi-Egyptian World Cup bid could make Qatar’s experience look like a cakewalk

At first glance, a potential bid by Saudi Arabia and Egypt, two of the world’s worst human rights violators, together with Greece, to host the 2030 World Cup sounds like an invitation to a perfect public relations fiasco. That is undoubtedly true if one looks at Qatar three months before its World Cup kicks off in November. Coverage of the Qatar World Cup in independent media remains harshly critical of the Gulf state’s final preparations for the tournament and migrant worker and human rights record, despite significant legal and material reforms. Moreover, human rights groups continue toRead More


Indonesia records first case of monkeypox virus

JAKARTA, AUG 20: Indonesia has recorded its first case of monkeypox in a 27-year-old man who returned from travelling overseas, the country s health ministry said on Saturday. The World Health Organization designated the outbreak of the virus an emergency last month — something it reserves for diseases of highest concern. Indonesian health ministry spokesperson Mohammad Syahril said the patient had a “high awareness and knowledge of the disease”. “So when he got the symptoms, he immediately checked it (with) the doctor. The result came (back) positive within a day,” SyahrilRead More


DCM Schofer Highlights 75th Anniversary at Alumni Reunion

DNA Islamabad, Aug 20: Deputy Chief of Mission Andrew Schofer celebrated the importance of the United States and Pakistan’s 75 years of bilateral relations when he met with approximately 700 alumni of U.S. government-sponsored exchange programs.  Alumni of U.S. educational and professional exchanges gathered in Islamabad on August 20 to share their experiences and to continue strengthening ties between the United States and Pakistan. Recognizing the extensive contributions that members of Pakistan-U.S. Alumni Network (PUAN) have made to their communities since the organization’s founding in 2008, the Deputy Chief ofRead More


Marriyum rubbishes PTI’s claim of Gill’s torture, dubs it ‘propaganda’

ISLAMABAD, AUG 20: Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb on Saturday chalked up claims from the PTI that party leader Shahbaz Gill was subjected to torture under police custody as “propaganda”. Gill was arrested on August 9 in connection with an FIR registered against him for allegedly inciting mutiny among the armed forces. The PTI has lobbed allegations of Gill’s torture ever since his stay at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail, with party chairman Imran Khan further claiming that Gill was subjected to sexual abuse as well. Addressing the issue at an Islamabad press conference today, Aurangzeb said “propaganda isRead More


Record-breaking inflation compounded public miseries: Asad

ISLAMABAD, AUG 20 /DNA/ – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Central Secretary General Asad Umar lashed out at the government for its failure to rein in the unbridled price hike of essential items, inflicting unbearable pain on the inflation-ridden masses. In a statement on Saturday, Asad Umar said that latest prices of the daily-use commodities showed that the inflation raced to all-time high of 42.3 percent. He said that the storm of inflation compounded the miseries of the poverty-stricken masses manifolds. Asad stated that the country was suffering the most due toRead More